Talk:Kentucky State University/Archive 1

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"Previously, the school was a historically black university, but African-American enrollment has dwindled to just 35% recently."

That sentence doesn't make sense. Either it is an historically black university, or it was a predominantly black university. Saying it was a historically black university is like saying they are disavowing or changing their history, which I am certain is not true. Rogerd 03:16, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
It had been edited. It is still regarded as a HBC, it's just that the statistics don't really reflect that in enrollment today. Mike H 16:43, May 21, 2005 (UTC)

I had a problem with the same sentence and found the new revision to be poorly phrased. Saying something has "traditionally" been an HBC is redundant, as historically black colleges are not necessarily so today, although I believe a majority still are. I believe my rewrite addresses the problem and brings the intended point across more concisely. Naturally, if you disagree, we can discuss the matter here. The old revision, for your convenience...

Traditionally, the school was and still is a historically black university, but African-American enrollment has dwindled to just 35% recently. --BDD 18:39, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

35% African-American?

"Although the school is a historically black university, African-American enrollment has since dwindled to only 35% of enrolled students."

Where does this statistic come from? It doesn't reflect my experience on campus, where African-Americans appear to make up at least half of the student population. The information provided at the Soul of America website is a much better reflection of my experience on campus:

"Within the student body, 80% are from Kentucky and consist of equal parts African-American and European-American students."

The "Although... dwindled... only" construction reads like a value judgement to me, as if the school had abandoned its heritage after integration. I have changed the text to reflect the Soul of America statistic, and restore a neutral perspective:

"The school is a historically black university, which desegregated in 1954. About half of the student body is African-American today."

Mbomford 15:46, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

When I used the website as a reference, I had mistakenly looked at the faculty numbers and not students. Thank you for correcting it. Mike H. That's hot 04:49, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Removal discussion

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Jayjay Helterbrand#Nationality. } RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:52, 1 April 2011 (UTC) (Using {{pls}})

Majority == Minority?

"The student body is majority African American, who comprise 49% of the undergraduate and 44% of the graduate student body." Does this reflect some new definition of "majority?" The Wikipedia definition of majority reads "A majority is a subset of a set consisting of more than half of the set's elements." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gv250 (talk • contribs) 19:56, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

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